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Each morning, Daybreak Africa looks at the latest developments on the continent, starting with headline news and providing in-depth interviews, reports from VOA correspondents, sports news as well as listener comments.

African Beat showcases the latest and the greatest of contemporary African music and conversation. From Benga to Juju, Hip Life to Bongo Flava, Bubu to Soukous and more, host David Vandy has his finger on the pulse of the hottest African music and related issues today.

On Africa News Tonight: Ghanaian football fans say they are ready and excited to support The Black Stars who are set to kick off their 2022 FIFA World Cup campaign against Portugal. This match may be the last World Cup campaign that features Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo. Somalian authorities Thursday said 49 al-Shabab militants were killed in the lower Shabelle region during a joint operation between the Horn of Africa nation’s military and international partners.

On Sonny Side of Sports: Cameroon kicked off its 2022 FIFA World Cup campaign with a 1-0 loss to Switzerland, which happened after Swiss forward Breel Embolo who was born in the West African nation but moved to Switzerland at age six, scored in the 48th minute. Sonny will have a post-match report on the performance by the Indomitable Lions and will also spotlight a feature by Cameroon based reporter Moki Edwin Kindzeka who focused on efforts by locals in remote villages of the west African nation who pooled funds to buy television sets and electricity to ensure that they can support the national squad.

On Africa News Tonight: Doctors without Borders authorities report the death of two patients in Mozambique after a string of brutal murders over the past two months that appeared to have targeted women. United Nations authorities say the global aid body recently released a study that reports the death of over 50 thousand migrants since 2014 and add that very little has been done to prevent tragedies impacting migrants.